It started as a missing persons case and following a staggering confession ended, three years later, at a shallow grave in a remote estate.
Tonight the man who killed cyclist Anthony Parsons and his twin brother, who helped him cover up the crime, are beginning lengthy jail sentences.
Alexander’s brother Robert claimed he helped dispose of Mr Parsons body out of a “misplaced sense of loyalty”.
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